BY THE NUMBERS
USD CBE auction (Tuesday, 04 Oct): 8.78 (unchanged since 16 March 2016)
USD parallel market (Tuesday, 04 Oct): 13.85-14.25 (from 13.80-13.85 on Monday, 03 Oct, Al Borsa, Reuters)
EGX30 (Tuesday): 8,198.5 (+0.8%)
Turnover: EGP 671.8 mn (54% above the 90-day average)
EGX 30 year-to-date: +17.0%
THE MARKET ON TUESDAY: The benchmark EGX30 rose 0.9% an hour into the session, and ended the day up 0.8%. Index heavyweights EFG Hermes and CIB were both up, with top gainers including Eastern Company and Elsewedy Electric. The day’s worst performers were Domty, Porto Group and Amer Group. Market turnover was EGP 671.8 mn with foreign investors the sole net buyers of the day.
Foreigners: Net Long | EGP +122.2 mn
Regional: Net Short | EGP -23.1 mn
Domestic: Net Short | EGP -99.1 mn
Retail: 59.1% of total trades | 54.7% of buyers | 63.4% of sellers
Institutions: 40.9% of total trades | 45.3% of buyers | 36.6% of sellers
Foreign: 21.2% of total | 30.3% of buyers | 12.1% of sellers
Regional: 11.7% of total | 10.0% of buyers | 13.4% of sellers
Domestic: 67.1% of total | 59.7% of buyers | 74.5% of sellers
WTI: USD 49.28 (+1.21%)
Brent: USD 51.40 (+1.04%)
Natural Gas (Nymex, futures prices) USD 2.98 MMBtu, (+0.02%, Nov 2016 contract)
Gold: USD 1,274.00 / troy ounce (+0.34%)
TASI: 5,525.7 (+2.0%) (YTD: +8.1%)
ADX: 4,409.1 (+0.3%) (YTD: +2.4%)
DFM: 3,405.6 (-0.1%) (YTD: +8.1%)
KSE Weighted Index: 347.9 (-0.2%) (YTD: -8.9%)
QE: 10,388.2 (+0.8%) (YTD: -0.4%)
MSM: 5,613.3 (-1.1%) (YTD: +3.8%)
BB: 1,143.8 (-0.1%) (YTD: -5.9%)